Claude Opus 4.5 vs ERNIE 4.5 300B A47B
Wins 5 of 5 areas
Coding · Reasoning · Facts · Long documents · Following instructions
Wins 0 of 5 areas
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Claude Opus 4.5 is the stronger all-rounder.ERNIE 4.5 300B A47B is cheaper.
Scores updated · 14 tests both models report · How we compare
Where each one wins
Tests won in each of the five areas where both have results. Each piece is one test, so a longer bar means more evidence; grey means the two scored within a point of each other.
- ReasoningHard problems that need careful thinking30Claude Opus 4.53 of 3 tests
- CodingWriting and fixing software20Claude Opus 4.52 of 2 tests
- FactsGetting facts right instead of making them up20Claude Opus 4.52 of 2 tests
- Long documentsFinding answers in very long texts10Claude Opus 4.51 of 1 test
- Following instructionsDoing exactly what it is asked10Claude Opus 4.51 of 1 test
Long documents and following instructions rest on a single test each.
What it costs
Prices per million tokens, roughly 750,000 words. The bars show the cost of a million tokens read plus a million written.
ERNIE 4.5 300B A47B costs 95% less for the same work.
The biggest differences
The tests each model wins by the widest margin, up to three each. Scores are out of 100.
Where Claude Opus 4.5 pulls ahead
- Reasons across sets of long documentsAA-LCR+73.3points ahead
- Hard command-line tasks in a real terminalTerminal-Bench Hard+40.9points ahead
- Answers hard knowledge questions correctlyAA-Omniscience · Accuracy+27.5points ahead
Where ERNIE 4.5 300B A47B pulls ahead
No clear win on a test scored out of 100.
Every test, side by side
All 14 tests both models report. The winning score is in its model's colour; marks a score checked independently.
CodingClaude Opus 4.5
- Terminal-Bench HardClaude Opus 4.5 by 40.9476.1+40.9
- SciCodeClaude Opus 4.5 by 1849.531.5+18
ReasoningClaude Opus 4.5
- Humanity's Last ExamClaude Opus 4.5 by 26.830.13.3+26.8
- GPQA DiamondClaude Opus 4.5 by 5.586.681.1+5.5
- CritPtClaude Opus 4.5 by 4.64.60+4.6
FactsClaude Opus 4.5
- AA-Omniscience · AccuracyClaude Opus 4.5 by 27.546.619.1+27.5
- AA-Omniscience · Non-hallucinationClaude Opus 4.5 by 5.93933.1+5.9
Following instructionsClaude Opus 4.5
- IFBenchClaude Opus 4.5 by 18.95839.1+18.9
Other results5 tests, not counted
Tests outside the eight areas. They are not counted above: several are summary scores built from other tests, or the same test under another name.
- τ²-Bench Telecom (AA run)Claude Opus 4.5 by 89.589.50+89.5
- AA Agentic IndexClaude Opus 4.5 by 59.659.60+59.6
- AA-OmniscienceClaude Opus 4.5 by 49.114-35.1+49.1
- Artificial Analysis Coding IndexClaude Opus 4.5 by 33.347.814.5+33.3
- AA IntelligenceClaude Opus 4.5 by 21.629.17.5+21.6
Questions people ask
Which is better, Claude Opus 4.5 or ERNIE 4.5 300B A47B?
Claude Opus 4.5 wins all five areas where both have results: coding, reasoning, facts, long documents and following instructions. ERNIE 4.5 300B A47B wins none, but costs 95% less.
Which is better for coding?
Claude Opus 4.5. It wins 2 of the 2 coding tests both models report; ERNIE 4.5 300B A47B wins none.
Which is cheaper?
Claude Opus 4.5 costs $5.00 per million input tokens and $25.00 per million output tokens; ERNIE 4.5 300B A47B costs $0.28 and $1.10. That makes ERNIE 4.5 300B A47B about 95% cheaper for the same work.
How do you compare the two?
We use the 14 benchmark tests both models have published scores on. The verdict counts the 9 tests in the eight capability areas, and a gap under one point (ten on rating-style scales) counts as a tie. The other 5 are listed but not counted, because several are summary scores or repeat a test. Each score is the one shown on the model's own page.